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George’s Blog 15/16 July 2009: The Final Goodbyes

Written by Alasdair Davies

15. July 2009

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Wednesday 15th, evening Showcase: This was a special evening for us volunteers, and also for the Primate Handshake staff. All 21 members have freely given a month of their lives for one purpose – to pursue, through physical presence in three locations in Kenya, our skills knowledge experience and sheer dedication to tasks to help the [...]

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George’s Blogs 13th, 14th and 15th July 2009: The last chapter

Written by Alasdair Davies

13. July 2009

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Monday 13th: At 4am our friends, the Colobus monkeys sang to wake us up. How nice. Today’s cook team were Emily, Ash and Luke, and they made us porridge like we’ve never had before on this trip. Ash produced a chilli flavour – great to wake to; Luke made a delicious traditional Scottish porridge; Emily made a [...]

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George’s Blog Thursday 2nd July 2009: Dispersed teams

Written by lw_1990

11. July 2009

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This was another day of teams dispersed about the area pursuing their tasks. Gaynor went in to Nanyuki with Jonathan to buy fresh provisions and then worked on the logistics and planning for the next few days. Laurence and the Video team continued to work on five separate video projects, which once edited will probably reduce to [...]

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George’s Blog 11th July 2009: A catch up day in Kakamega

Written by Alasdair Davies

11. July 2009

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Another early morning, waking to the forest orchestral harmonies. Today was a busy work day for the teams as they sat in front of their laptops writing up and editing the backlog of necessary refining work from Diani and the Colobus Trust, and from Ol Pejeta and the Sweetwaters Sanctuary. So…can’t report many interesting or funny [...]

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George’s Blog 10th July 2009: Kakamega Forest Walk

Written by Alasdair Davies

10. July 2009

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I woke at 4am…as did a couple of other light sleepers. The forest came alive with the most incredible sounds radiating out into our sleeping world. One special sound is probably what woke us. It sounded like a a cross between a gang of scrambler bike exhausts and a machine gun. The sounds took speedy [...]

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George’s Blog 8th & 9th July 2009: From Ol Pejeta to Kakamega

Written by Alasdair Davies

8. July 2009

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Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th July 2009 These next two days were spent on the road travelling from Sweetwaters in the Nanyuki area to Kakamega Forest near the Rift Valley. Being on the road, with no access to power, meant again we were unable to set up the satellite dish and have access to the internet for [...]

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George’s Blog Monday 6th July 2009: Day 2 at Ol Pejeta

Written by lw_1990

6. July 2009

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A very early start at 6am for the film crew Mike and Rosie, who drove out on a safari to try to catch animals at their early morning routines. They saw a pair of black rhino, and also a white rhino, some gazelle and zebra. The film quality was good because by having the back [...]

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George’s Blog Sunday 5th July 2009: Day 1 at Ol Pejeta Camp

Written by lw_1990

5. July 2009

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A 6am start and early breakfast for those of us who had booked a morning camel ride at the Nanyuki River Camel Camp. The early morning journey there gave us the gift of seeing a pair of white rhino, some elephants, wart hogs on the run, a herd of giraffe very close to the road, [...]

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George’s Blog Fri 3rd & Sat 4th July 2009: Preparing to move

Written by lw_1990

3. July 2009

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Friday: A terrific start to the day…we all had a half hour lie-in, a lazy start and porridge for breakfast. Several people have noticed how they have lost some weight…waistbands not so tight, wobbly bits not so wobbly, and feeling very pleased that it was simply down to the healthy diet giving them more energy too [...]

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George’s Blog Wednesday 1st July 2009: The pressure continues

Written by lw_1990

1. July 2009

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June has passed, we are in to the second half of the year, and the second half of the expedition. As if this isn’t a momentous enough thought, we volunteers are now in that amazing position where we live in a tented camp in the southern hemisphere, and commute to work at Ol Pejeta in [...]

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